Rep. Steube Files Impeachment Article Against Judge Over 22-Year Hijacker Release
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Rep. Steube Files Impeachment Article Against Judge Over 22-Year Hijacker Release
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Summary
House Resolution 1431 accuses Senior U.S. District Judge John E. Steele of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for ordering convicted Cuban hijacker Miakel Guerra Morales freed from ICE custody on July 8.
Steele’s order said the government cannot detain someone indefinitely when deportation cannot be carried out, citing a Supreme Court precedent on foreign nationals whose removal is stalled.
Morales was sentenced to 22 years after DHS says he helped hijack a Cuban commuter plane in 2003, forcing it more than 100 miles to Key West, Florida.
Greg Steube called the release activist judicial overreach, turning the case into a broader clash over immigration detention limits and judges’ authority to check federal enforcement.